The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Fuerst-Waltl sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 107 publications — 31st percentile
31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Fuerst-Waltl sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 23 D-Index — 3rd percentile
3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and conducts research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work focuses heavily on livestock genetics, animal welfare, nutrition, and physiology.
The scientist's research spans a multidisciplinary range of subfields including Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, and Food Science. This breadth supports detailed investigations into genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, environmental stressors affecting livestock, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, reproductive physiology, and ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.
Fuerst-Waltl's frequently studied topics comprise:
Recent publications demonstrate a focus on dairy cattle welfare, feeding behavior, disease risk prediction, and milk composition. Representative papers include:
Fuerst-Waltl frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including C. Egger-Danner, J. Kofler, Andreas Haselmann, Werner Zollitsch, and Qendrim Zebeli, reflecting a collaborative research environment that supports a varied and translational approach to animal science.
Publication venues where Fuerst-Waltl's work appears regularly include the Journal of Dairy Science, Animals, animal, International Dairy Journal, and Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde.
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Christa Perner;Johann Sölkner
A. Koeck;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst;W. Obritzhauser
A. Koeck;B. Heringstad;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst
C. Egger-Danner;B. Fuerst-Waltl;W. Obritzhauser;C. Fuerst
Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Johann Burgstaller;Franz R. Seefried;Christine Wurmser
A. Costa;C. Egger-Danner;G. Mészáros;C. Fuerst
B Gredler;C Fuerst;B Fuerst-Waltl;H Schwarzenbacher
B. Fuerst-Waltl;A. Reichl;C. Fuerst;R. Baumung
B. Fuerst-Waltl;M.K. Sørensen
Andreas Haselmann;Katharina Zehetgruber;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Werner Zollitsch
Anna Bieber;Anna Wallenbeck;Florian Leiber;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Christian Fuerst;Walter Obritzhauser;Christa Egger-Danner
A. Koeck;B. Heringstad;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst
L. Grill;F. Ringdorfer;R. Baumung;B. Fuerst-Waltl
G. Mészáros;C. Fuerst;B. Fuerst-Waltl;O. Kadlečík
Y. Hassen;J. Sölkner;B. Fuerst-Waltl
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Roswitha Baumung
Y. Hassen;B. Fuerst‐Waltl;J. Sölkner
L Maximini;B Fuerst-Waltl;B Gredler;R Baumung
Angela Costa;Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Gábor Mészáros;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl
Margot Siderits;Roswitha Baumung;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl
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